UNM vs. CNO, REXR, EWBC, Z, BXP, CPT, AIZ, NLY, KNSL, and REG
Should you be buying Unum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unum Group include CNO Financial Group (CNO), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Zillow Group (Z), Boston Properties (BXP), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Assurant (AIZ), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CNO Financial Group (NYSE:CNO) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
CNO Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.15%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. Given CNO Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than CNO Financial Group.
CNO Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CNO Financial Group pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CNO Financial Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Unum Group has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Unum Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Unum Group received 4 more outperform votes than CNO Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.17% of users gave CNO Financial Group an outperform vote while only 46.37% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than CNO Financial Group. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNO Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.4% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of CNO Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CNO Financial Group and CNO Financial Group both had 4 articles in the media. CNO Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Unum Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unum Group has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 6.67%. Unum Group's return on equity of 17.51% beat CNO Financial Group's return on equity.
CNO Financial Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Unum Group beats CNO Financial Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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